This Month - Who's Tess? - contributed by Martyn

The scene was set for me to return from work at Stella Books last Sunday evening, looking forward to a leisurely supper, only to be greeted upon opening the front door, by shouts of “quick, close the front door, I don't want Tess to get out!” My immediate thought was “who's Tess?”

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Featured Book - Air of Glory – A Wartime Scrapbook - contributed by Jane

“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” - Cecil Beaton

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE, was a British fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. Read more.

Company News

After three years of hard work, we finally say goodbye to our old purpose built software and hello to the new. Our new software is to be launched over the Christmas period and will be up and running on 27th December. From this point on, you will notice our new-look invoices and lists (if you subscribe). We are hoping for a smooth transition from the old to the new and look forward to hearing your feedback.

As this is our last newsletter of 2011, we wish you all the best for the forthcoming holiday season and thank you for your support during the past twelve months.